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Investiture de l'Ile d'Orléans donnée au procureur des concessionaires par le gouverneur général de la Nouvelle-France : Fort St. Louis, Québec,...
Investiture de l'Ile d'Orléans donnée au procureur des concessionaires par le gouverneur général de la Nouvelle-France : Fort St. Louis, Québec,...
Investiture de l'Ile d'Orléans donnée au procureur des concessionaires par le gouverneur général de la Nouvelle-France : Fort St. Louis, Québec,...
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Open book Investiture de l'Ile d'Orléans donnée au procureur des concessionaires par le gouverneur général de la Nouvelle-France : Fort St. Louis, Québec,...

Title Investiture de l'Ile d'Orléans donnée au procureur des concessionaires par le gouverneur général de la Nouvelle-France : Fort St. Louis, Québec,... 
Creator New France. Governor General (1636-1648 : Montmagny)
Date 1638 
Place New France, Québec (Province)--Orleans, Island of, Québec--Island of Orleans, Canada
Language French
Subjects Compagnie de Beaupre, Compagnie de la Nouvelle France, Land titles, Land grants
Summary Document, dated in Fort St. Louis, Québec on July 1, 1638, recording the deeds for two large seignories, or land grants, to an association of eight business partners known as the Compagnie de Beaupré. In 1636, the Compagnie de la Nouvelle France (a fur trading company also known as the Compagnie des Cents-Associés) issued the original deeds of concession in Paris. The Compagnie assigned parcels of land in New France to members who would engage in colonization. The document certifies that Guitet read aloud the Paris deeds of concession on site, in the presence of Charles Huault de Montmagny, lieutenant-general of New France. Also present were Huault's lieutenant, Bréhaut Delisle; a representative of the Compagnie de Beaupré, François Derré de Gand; and three witnesses: Juchereau, Pierre Le Roux, and Olivier Le Tardif. Derré took possession of the seignory of the Ile d'Orléans in the name of Jacques Castillon, bourgeois of Paris, and his associates. Other associates not present include Antoine Cheffault, seigneur de la Regnardière and lawyer in the Parlement of Paris; Nicolas Fouquet and Jean de Lauson, Councilors of State; Georges Berruyer, sieur de Manselmont; and Jean Rozée, Jacques Duhamel, and Noël Juchereau des Chastelets, all merchants. 
Extent [4] pages ; 31 cm 
Format Early works, Sources, Manuscripts
Link to Catalog View record
Call Number VAULT box Ayer MS 132 
BibID 991694878805867
Rights Status No Copyright - United States
Contributing Institution Newberry Library
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IIIF Resource Type Canvas 
Size 5860px × 9081px     152.28 MB 
Filename 991694878805867_VAULT_Ayer_MS_132_FP_007_001.tif 
Unique Identifier NL11E8V5 
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